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First Gillette Company Tire
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Interior shot of a group of men, women and boys at the Gillette Tire Company. The Gillette Safety Tire Company was founded in Eau Claire in 1916 and the crowd is probably present to witness the production of the first experimental tire on May 23, 1917.
1917
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WHi 29646
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Building Tires
Workroom in the Uniroyal factory where men and women are building tires.
Assembling Tires at Uniroyal
Women assemble tires at the Uniroyal plant. Men are also working in the background.
Tire Vacuum Expander
October 19, 1944
Seven men pose together as the first raw tire at the Gillette Tire Plant is put into a vacuum expander.
First Tire Made at Gillette Tire Plant
October 21, 1944
The first tire to be cured in the Gillette Tire Plant is removed from the mold. From left to right are F.B. Davis Jr. (Chairman of the United States Rubber Company's Board of Directors), factory ma...
Stitching a Tire
October 19, 1944
Tire builder Bill McNair stitches the side walls of a heavy service truck tire at the Gillette Tire Plant as men in suits watch.
